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I've heard of many people getting into jams and even dying from using a smartphones GPS directions. I have a friend who has used Siri for directions when I visit her and some of those directions range from hilarious to ludicrous. Looking up the directions ahead of time is far more reliable.
I use Google Maps (the only thing of Google I ever use) to get directions and print out maps before leaving and have yet to have it fail me. Stopping somewhere and asking for directions usually works, too. I know, men won't ask for directions which explains why the Israelites wandered for forty years in the desert. If only Moses had asked for directions...
Nothing wrong with paper maps. I still have Hagstrom's map book for my metro area. I bought a GPS because I drive elderly people to make a few bucks, and I got hopelessly lost one night going home. I'm supposed to know the roads, like a taxi, and I can't stop to study maps. On long trips, I still get directions from Google Maps at home, and print it out.
Map-reading and having a sense of direction is one more skill the younger folks won't have, along with making conversation, reading body language and reading entire books.
Last edited by RoWin7; 24 Nov 2018 at 19:59.
I think your talking about a chatbot, rather than a map UI. I don't talk to bots, and they have never spoken to me, and never will.